Mar 30, 2009

Grapes in Nevada - learn to grown your own

From my mailbox to you. Here's another great opportunity to learn how to grow your own local food, brought to you by Nevada Grown and Western Nevada College.

This two-day workshop will benefit both new and experienced grape growers with a focus on best practices for growing grapes in Nevada. Viticulture experts and local established growers will share their knowledge and experiences within a classroom setting and also “on the farm” at a successful Nevada vineyard. Go here for registration info.


FRIDAY WORKSHOP - May 8 • 9 am-4 pm
Fallon Campus • 160 Campus Way – Virgil Getto Hall

Includes classroom sessions on establishing a vineyard - site and rootstock selection, weed and insect management strategies, importance of canopy management, etc.

SATURDAY WORKSHOP - May 9 • AM or PM Sessions
Churchill Vineyards • 1045 Dodge Lane – Fallon

This half-day session will include a tour of Churchill Vineyards and its winery. Farmers and industry experts will demonstrate proper pruning & planting techniques and provide an opportunity for questions and answers. Established in 2001, Churchill Vineyards is Churchill County’s first vineyard, harvesting 10 different varieties of fine wine grapes. It is Nevada’s second licensed winery and first “Estate Winery.” In 2004, Churchill Vineyards successfully created its first vintage of premium estate wines.


3 comments:

John Socrates Loyola said...

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caralee said...

I'm up near Virginia City and have killed so many grapes, I'm definitely putting this on my calendar to attend. I've had one success, and that was when I forgot about the plant and it adapted on it's own. Whoever said growing rose's was hard had never tried growing grapes!

Anonymous said...

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Thanks for sharing information with us..

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